XL

XLF SS FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR

2026Q2 · CUSIP 81369Y605 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
1,895
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+51
Last quarter 1,844 → now 1,895
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 92% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

1,895 funds held XLF at the end of 2026Q2, up 51 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 92.1% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. XLF has had 30 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=399 2013Q4: holders=459 2014Q1: holders=493 2014Q2: holders=475 2014Q3: holders=506 2014Q4: holders=571 2015Q1: holders=563 2015Q2: holders=578 2015Q3: holders=567 2015Q4: holders=607 2016Q1: holders=538 2016Q2: holders=536 2016Q3: holders=557 2016Q4: holders=725 2017Q1: holders=767 2017Q2: holders=762 2017Q3: holders=776 2017Q4: holders=907 2018Q1: holders=927 2018Q2: holders=924 2018Q3: holders=933 2018Q4: holders=984 2019Q1: holders=943 2019Q2: holders=939 2019Q3: holders=958 2019Q4: holders=1089 2020Q1: holders=950 2020Q2: holders=968 2020Q3: holders=952 2020Q4: holders=1098 2021Q1: holders=1234 2021Q2: holders=1291 2021Q3: holders=1326 2021Q4: holders=1484 2022Q1: holders=1484 2022Q2: holders=1351 2022Q3: holders=1280 2022Q4: holders=1419 2023Q1: holders=1348 2023Q2: holders=1329 2023Q3: holders=1313 2023Q4: holders=1440 2024Q1: holders=1499 2024Q2: holders=1481 2024Q3: holders=1570 2024Q4: holders=1757 2025Q1: holders=1777 2025Q2: holders=1789 2025Q3: holders=1809 2025Q4: holders=1951 2026Q1: holders=1844 2026Q2: holders=1895 -187 -93.5 +0 +93.5 +187 35912042049 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 30 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10% — —
2025Q4 Top 5% — —
2025Q3 Top 20% — —
2025Q1 Top 20% — —
2024Q4 Top 5% — —
2024Q3 Top 5% — —
2024Q1 Top 5% — —
2023Q4 Top 5% — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
208
Change in large funds
+16
Total value they hold
$45.5B
Funds buying for the first time
186
Funds that sold out entirely
135
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
53
Funds holding calls (bullish)
49

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

Email me the next update

2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.